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Shocking pictures have emerged showing the true scale of drug-taking in the UK.

A man slumped on the floor of a bus shelter surrounded by needles and people lying seemingly unconscious on the side of the road are just some of the things seen on a daily basis at Wrexham bus station.

Shocking pictures show dirty needles on the blood-strained tiles of the station while tin foil and methadone bottles were spotted in the toilets.

Dirty needles were pictured on the blood-strained tiles of Wrexham bus station (Picture: Daily Post Wales)

Other pictures show people lying seemingly unconscious on the side of the road and in flowerbeds. (Picture: Daily Post Wales)

The pictures were taken over the course of a few months by a bus driver wanting to show the true scale of the drug problem in the town. (Picture: Daily Post Wales)

The pictures were taken over the course of a few months by a bus driver wanting to show the true scale of the drug problem in the town.

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Gavin Rodda told Wales Online: ‘All of the paraphernalia pictured was within reach for a child. Some of these pictures are shocking but it’s the reality of everyday life for the addicts that use there.

‘I want people to see this and come together to find a solution to the major drug problem that Wrexham currently has.’

Mr Rodda added that though there are two security guards at the bus station, it’s not enough to deter addicts and that elderly people feel ‘intimidated’ by them.

The bus station is run by Wrexham council, which has reportedly set up a task force to tackle the town’s drug problem. (Picture: Daily Post Wales)

(Picture: Daily Post Wales)

He suggested police could use an empty office at the station to keep an eye out.

‘For a lot people, myself included, Wrexham bus station is our workplace and we feel that it is no longer safe to work in, even with the attempts that have been made to control the drug problems.’

The bus station is run by Wrexham council, which has reportedly set up a task force to tackle the town’s drug problem.

(Picture: Daily Post Wales)

(Picture: Daily Post Wales)

(Picture: Daily Post Wales)

Wrexham’s Plaid Cymru chairman Marc Jones told Daily Post: ‘This should be a priority for the local authority, the health board and the police and anybody else involved who deals with the bus station.

‘There are no easy solutions but something needs to be done, but it is unacceptable for the people who use the bus station or work there.’

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Last year figures showed early one million needles were reportedly handed out to drug users across North Wales with more than a quarter of those handed out in Wrexham.